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“When it is hot, I like to eat an ice-cream”

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How artists co-design with users of public space the design of artistic installations inviting to freshness

Papers and pens. Pictures and drawings. Meudon white on the windows. Reed pens. Walnut ink. Artists involved in Time2Adapt have used craft and local products to raise the creativity of users of public spaces to co-design the artistic installations that will shed light to some of the cool islands of the cities of Lille and Loos, inviting locals to make the most out of them.

What do you do when you are hot? Where do you go to? What and where would you like to go to? Can you tell us more about the area in which you live?  These are some of the questions which have guided 4 artists in co-designing Time2Adapt artistic installations with users of public space through their concertation residences during the month of March 2025.

reenhouse of Jardin des Plantes by Julien Kieffer (c) Marcelline Bonneau
Greenhouse of Jardin des Plantes by Julien Kieffer (c) Marcelline Bonneau

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What is a time-based urbanism and how is it applied to the EUI Time2Adapt project?

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Temporal policies aim at enhancing the coordination of individual and collective life rhythms, optimising the management of professional, personal and social activities, fostering a more synchronised approach to time, space management and public services, aligning with citizen needs.

François Lescaux, from Lille European Metropolis (MEL) Time Office explains what this approach is and the way Time2Adapt applies it to foster climate resilience across Lille Metropolis and partner cities.

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How can cities activate unused green spaces and buildings?

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Picture yourself in that dark grey building or street, which does not smell nice, feels unsafe and makes you wonder only about one thing: I feel so bad, why did I come here? Now, picture yourself in that same building or street wondering only about one thing: OMG, it’s an amazing place, why didn’t I come here earlier?!

So… what’s happened? What’s changed to this area that you have to twist your daily itinerary to come and enjoy this area? And what is there actually to do?

The 9 Project Partners of the GreenPlace network – Boulogne-sur-mer, Bucharest-Ilfov, Limerick, Löbau, Nitra, Onda, Quarto d’Altino, Vila Nova de Poiares, and Wroclaw- have experimented this journey, using the knowledge and methodology gathered over the first year and a half of the network. Their stories tell us more about actions to make abandoned buildings, forgotten tram depots, unused green areas, or unused yet to be renovated built areas – attractive and worth coming to.

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13Jan/25

The power of singing

Lady Mayoress of Cork 2023-2024
Launch of the first dementia-inclusive shopping centre in Ireland, Mahon Point, 14 November 2023

During the farewell speeches given to Cllr Kieran McCarthy at the Annual General Meeting  of 21 June 2024, many councillors praised the artistic vibe of the outgoing Lord Mayor. He was, indeed, praised, in the general public, as the “singing Lord Mayor”. While being a singing aficionado for 20 years, having played in multiple plays and concerts, and benefitting from weekly coaching, he continued his passion while making the most of it during his mayoralty.

The best demonstration of the power of singing for Kieran is through the favourite moment of his mayoralty: when invited to launch the first dementia-inclusive shopping centre in Ireland, he sung from a single voice with people suffering from dementia. During that short moment, all the patience got reunited, in time and space, beyond illness, to be together.

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